Tire-making machine



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TIBE MAKiNG MACHINE, APPLICATION m50 Nov. 3. m7,

W. B. HARSEL AND E. Nm. E. A. HALLl EXECUTRIX OF E. NALL, DECD. TIRE MAKING MACHINE.

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w. B. HAIISEI AND NAIL.

L A. NALL, EXECU'I'HIX 0F E. MALI., DEC'D.

TIRE MAKING MACHINE.

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E. A. HALL, EXEC-MMX 0F i. HALL. DEC'D. TIRE MAKING MACHNE,

APPLICATION FILED N0v.3,19|1.

W. B. HARSEL AND E. NALL.

E. A. NALL. EXECUTRIX OF t. NALL, DECD. IIIIE MAKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 3.1917. l $395,182. Patented Oct. 25, 192i.

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W, B. HARSEL AND E. NAIL.

E. A. NALL, EXECUTRIX OF E. NALL, DECD.

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W. B. HARSEL AND E. NALL.

E. A. NAU.. Execumx or E. MALL. nEc'D. TIRE MAKING MAGHINE.

APPLICATIQN man Nov. s, 1917.

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'WTIRE MAKING Mmmm.

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AKRON, OHIO; EDSTH ALI'CE MALL, Ol? CUYAHOG-A FALLS, QHO, EXEGUTRIX 0E EDWARD NALE, ASSIGNGBS TO THE GOODYEAR TIRE c RUBBER COMPANY, OF AKBUN, DHO, In. GOE-PORATION OF GEIQ.

TREWEKING MACHINE.

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Application filed. November 3, 191'?.

To all/,07mm it may concern Be it known that the undersigned, lil 1L- LIAM B. HAnsnL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Akron, in the county of'V Summit and State of Ohio, and Emmen Ni/lim, (Whose executrix is the undersigned, llnrrn. Amon' NALL, also a citizen ot the United States, residing at Cuyahoga Falls, in the county of Summit and State ot' 43h10,) did invent cert-ain new and useful improvements in Tire-Making lllachines, of which the following is a specilication7 reference versely stretch the first layer ot iiahric on the core, after which additional layers ot the fabric are laid and stretch-ed one upon. the other; the desideratum being to position7 stretch and shape thetahric upon the core without creases, wrinkles or airjpockets7 so that a produciL of high grade and or" exact uniformity may he produced.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide amachine which is ot compact iorm and convenient arrangement, and wherein are provided power-operated means for actuating a large number of its mechanisms and parts so that manual operation thereof is l'educed to a minimum with resultant increase of speed, decrease ot lahor, and .Oreater unii'orniity of product.

Another object is, in such a machine, 'to provide certain novel mechanisms and instrumentalities for etlectilu` automatic operation and control ot the 'iahriC-1nanipulat ing devices of the machine.

Another object is to provide `means for maintaining the taliricouanipulatine' devices oi tl nachine in accurate lint yield re- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Get. 25, 1921i..

Serial No. 051,186.

lation to the tire-term or core While these devices are traversing the surface of the fabric as it is laid and stretched over the core.

Another object is to provide automatic means which at predetermined stages ot' the operation ot certain mechanisms oit the machine, arrest the oiiaeration thereof and permit other means automatically to restore the parts to normal position.

Another object within the contemplation ol our' invention is to provide, in conjunction with the tire-core and fabric-pressing mechanisms, a stock-supplying structure whereby layers of fabric may successively he supplied therefrom to the tire-core in a rapid and convenient manner and with the exertion of a minimum amount ol labor on the part of the operator.

another objectief the invention is to provide,y in conjunction with the tire-form or core, means `for effecting its rotation, lirst for a single revolution vwhile the first layer or ply of fahr-ic is being initially disposed thereon, and then, after heing automatically stopped upon completing a. sing-le revolution, to 'oe again set into'motion tor subsequent building-up of the carcass on the` vlelectrically accomplished Jfor convenient and rapid starting' and stopping oi? such devices, both automatically and at the will of the operator.

Another object of the invention is to provide aV convenient and easily manipulated trimming mechanism whereby the edges of the tire-'fabric may he quickly andaccurately trimmed preparatory to the inishing of the tire-structure. y

Still another object of the invention is to provide a novel and conveniently handled mechanism for accurately positioning the cores,5s :so-called` upon the.

chine en t advantages which Willbeapparent from an inspection of the drawings hereto appended, or will be made to appear' in the following description.

ln order that the invention may be more readily comprehended, ive have appended drawings heretoas a part of this disclosure, and in Which We have illustratechby Way of example, an embodiment ot the invention which has been demonstrated to be practical and highly efficient; but it is to .be understood that our invention ccmtemplates` einbodiments other than that shown and also etilizations other than that illustrated, and

all employing'the underlying principles of' our invention.

In these drawings:

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of one embodiment of the machine comprehended by ,the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a view in top plan ot the ma- Fig. 3 is a` vieiv in front elevation of the machine oit' this invention, omitting thel stock-delivery mechanism thereoii;

Fig. e is a vleiv 1n longltudinal section, taken through the core-supporting means oi Vthe main machine element and looking; to-

Ward the variousy abriopressing mechanisms;

. Fig. 5 is a. view in perspective of a coresuioporting means and ot fabric-pressing mechanisms juxttposed thereto;

6 is a view in partial cross-section oi shoclrabsorbing means provided on the main drive of the machine;

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary view in rear elevation of the carriage-supporting' pedestal;

Fig. 8 is a similar view ofthe pedestal with some of the drivednechanism of 7 omitted therefrom;

Fig. 9 is a view in vertical cross-section oi the pedestal, looking rearwardly;

l() is aview in horizontal cross-sec tion of the pedestal;

Fig. 11 is a detail View in section of a controllingwalve for a machine-,positioned bead-ringdrylinder;

Fig; 12 is a fragmentary view in rear elevation of the machine-positioned bead-ring;

Fig. 13 is a view in perspective of a mannaily-positioned bead-ringand its supportme means;

ig. 14 is a fragmentary detail View in v Asection of a bead-ring clenching mechanism;

Fig. 15 is a fragmentary vievv, partly in cross-section, of an automatic device 'tor governing single revolutions of the coreshaft, as at sioiv speed;

1G is a View in rear ele y'ation oi: the same;

, messias Fig. 17 is view in side elevation of a type otstocii-raclc which be employed in conjunction With our tire-building chine;

Fig. .i8 is a view in top plan, partly in section, oit the stock-rack;

Fig. 19 is a 'fragmentary view in perspective of a portion ot the stoclcracir;

20 is a vie-v in vertical section oi' .a cut-oil' valve; and

21, and 22 are diagralnmaticv views of the Wiring system installed in our machine.

The tire-lmilding` machine contemplated by our invention preferably includes three primary machine-elements, namely, a stockraclr orsupplying fabric, a tire-itorm or core and its adjunctive structure, and ric-manipulating mechanism adapted to op erate on the core after fabric is positioned thereon from the stock-rack. Adjunctive 'to these elements are'. bead-setting mechanisms, trimming mechanisms, etc.

iin the drawings, corresponding referencecharacters are employed to indicate similar parts throughout the several views:

1. General Supporting stract'uce-nrllie va rions mechanisms and devices, hereinafter described, are preferably sustained by a general supporting structure which includes a machine frame or base l of any desired form and dimensions.

(lore-supporting structure and core dr-e-e.-ny appropriate type of structure may be empioyed to sustain a core or tire-'form but, in the present embodiment, we prefer to utilize that herein disclosed as beingeffectively and conveniently manipulated: This core (as best seen in Fig. 2) is provided with an annnular groove 3 along its inner diameter whereby the core may be seated upon the extremities of a series of arms i casing 5, in any preferred manner, such as that illustrated, for instance, in Fig. ll: The arms 4; are internally threaded to receive sci-ei. fshanks 3 which carry beveled pinions 'i' adapted to mesh with a master drive-pinion arranged within the hub interior of the chuck casing. This master pinion is mounted upon a shaft 9 carrying a handvvbeel 10 for manual control of the projection or retraction of the arms 4.

The chuck casing `is secured, as a Whole, by any appropriate fastening means, such as bolts, 11 upon a cap extremity 12 carried by and rotatable with a shaft 13, the latter being journaled in groups of bearings which are extensible from a. chuck-V iis la disposed in a suitable supporting strucisa yoperation ot the inain nessuna Any suitable type of prime mover niay be relied upon to furnish the drive power Jfor the entire machine. the present einhmlinien.l of the invention preferably' makina; use of au electric :motor 18. 4'lhis niet r may prei?- erably, although not necessarily, be oi what is Known as the variable speed type. adjustment for speed beine; secured through the medium of the hand-shaft 19 which operates in the manner welly known to the art. This motor carries a drive-pinion 2O 'upon its arniatureshaft 21, such pinion meshing with a beveled t@gear 22 supported at one extremity of a countershaft 23 (Fig. 3), the latter heing journaled in hearings 24 which support it upon a :motor-bracket 25 at one side of the core-supportingstructure. A main driveshalit 2li extends transversely across the coresnpporting pedestal lo, being jiournaled in suitable oca; 27 arranged thereon. This drive-.shaft ca .ies at its n1otor-end a bev eled gear 28 'which nieshes with a similar gear 29 carried by the countersha'ft The nxain drive-shaft 26 is constantly ro tatell by operation of the motor 18, this inain drire motion heine' transmitted to secondary shafts 30 and 31 (Figs. 2 and 3) th rough the medium of worm and worin-wheel connections designated in their entirety by the respective numerals 32 and 3?. The secondary shafts 3() and 31 are respectively mounted in suitable lraring-members Si; 2li and l5-35 arranged upon the coresuiuiorting pedestal 15, and are respraftirely provided attheir other extremities with terminal gears 3G and 37. The gear 313 prclerahly oi large diameter and is adapted to nicsh with th' snn'll gear 1T on the core-shalt lil and hiforircs a 'tast-Speed drire l'or the corcsha'li'. The rear 37 is of smaller diameter and adapted to nicsh with the large gear 16 of thc coi halt to yinforidc a shiwspccd driyc 'For such shaft.

Each ot the scctnidary shaits ill) and ll is of a duplexV construction and comprises a pair of alincd slial'ts connected Vtor rotation only by clutch-devices and 3f) lor the respectire f-iha'l'ts. These permit either ol the shafts to he disconnectedv `troni the positive drive. more detailed description oi' the drive means will liiresently he hereinzifter set forth.

ln practice, we have found it ad\ antanjcous to provide a shoclehsorbing nieans 'l'or the drive-shaft. 13 in order that the inertia resistancc ol' this shalt may he gradually overcome and relieve undue strains upon the drive mechanism when the high-'speed gears Sti-17 are thrown into connection with 'this shaft. rlhis shock-ahsoi'hina` ineans is illust-rated in Fig. (i. and includes a pair oli frictional drive-plates it() and #l1 (one ol which is movable relatively to the other). the iorroer having a hub-portion .ltcyed upon the shaft 30 at @i3 and at the point;

where the large Crear is mounted.v rihe seo-om or niovahle plate 41 .is provided with a halo-portion lli splined at 45 to the huhportion 42 of the first grip-plate 4l). rlhe shalt 30 extends through the pair oi plates l0 and 41. and carries an adjustingr nut sl-ti hetwcen which and the plate 41 is interpositioned an expansible coil-spring 11' which serres resiliently to press the plate 41 toward the fixed plate 40.

Each oi' the grip-plates is provided with a frictional surfacing elo in contact with opposite sides oil? a web i9 which connects an outer rini 5() of the rear 36 with a huh 5l. thereof. This hub is mounted within an annular channel 52 formed within the interior oli the plate 411 and about the luth-portion la thereof. rlhe rear 3th being continually in mesh with the drive-rea r 1T ot' the coreshal't 13, it will, owing` to this shock-absorbing;` mounting,r ot the gear.l take up all m0- tion o'l" the high-speed chiro-shaft 30 which cannot he immediately transferred to the core-shaft through the meshing gears. This is accomplished by a sliding` of the friction plates and 4-1 about the inner and outer surfaces of the gear-web 49. This pair ot' triction or grip-plates has such a high de- U'lee oi' iirictional contact with the gear-web e9, however, that it is only the initial inertia oil the core-shaft which is sulicient to preyent the ,gear 36 Atroni being continuously unified with the high-speed drive-shaft 30. The ditlerent degrees ot' vtrictional Contact may he effected by adiusting the nut 46.

o). Fain a'tfnur afp u [mt/Pn y mech ai @mf-J1 1X- taposod to the tire-core and preferably susw tained hy the niain 'l'ranie l, is a carcassforininu1 structure which preferably conn prises the following` mechanisms and instrunientalities, and includes a presser-supporting; and positioningv carriage.y its actuating uechanisins, etc.r and between which and the etnie-suppertingl structure there is relative inorcrncnn with means for accomplishing such movement: These mechanisms include.

a, pedestal :'13 erected on a vportion of the' niain machine hed 1 in such manner as 'to he radially adjustable in respect to the tirel'orin 2 and disposed centrally thereof in order that the pedestal may be successively arranged for tire-lornis ot' differingv diamelcrs. To this end, traclway surfaces 541 (Figi. 1) are formed on the upper portion oi' the bedqilate 1 and ,grooves 55 are provided to accommodate headed nuts 5G which. depend troni the hase of the pedestal 5?. lVhere tires ot the saine size are continuously manufactured on the machine, no adjustment or' the pedestal is required.

rlhe top edges o'lI the pedestal 553 constitute tracks 57 ior a pi'esser-supporting' and positiffniinxpy carriage 55% adapted to hare an advancing and r ling inoreinent in relation to thc tire-corc- A stop-plat 1 59 on the message cally as the carriage 5S has advanced hori- .zontally toward the tire-form) to return it to starting; position.

In order to restore the meshingr relation between the drive-gear 00 and the carriage rack-bar (30, the operator lifts the swinging shalt {Sl-hy means to he described-until the supporting arm 00 is returned to its normal positiifrii by the spring The shaft-lifting means, referred to, coniyjirises a handle bar 55 mounted in a socket 80 formed upon one olr the braclnt-hearine members 62, and as illustrated in Figs. i, S, D and 10.

The advancing movementoiE the pressurecarriag'e must be varied in distance in accordance with the nature be performed, and this is accomplished by the manually-positionablc trip-means. in the present instance, these means include a shaft 8T (Figs. and S) journaled in suit-Y able brackets 88 secured on the side ot' the carriage djustablv mounted upon the shaft 8T are oppositeiy-extending trip ineinhers 89 and 00, only one of which may be swung into the path of the trip-arin S3 aty a time. The extremity of the shaft Si' is provided with a knurled hand-nut 91 and with an :uljustable--dislr 92. By grasping; the nut 91, the operator is able to piace either of the trip-members 89 or 90 into the correct position for actuatinu' the triparin 83. ri`he adjustinf'znt plate J2 is provided with s number oi: radial slots at its periphery, with which is adapted to engage a keeper-arm 93, such arin being pivoted at Siri upon a shaft-collar 95 in proximity to the :uljustment-dislr 92 and in Which collar the shaft is rotatable.

7. FaLm'c-prcissing mec/umsm.-t is now in order to describe the fallido-pressing mechanism, which. in the present instance, preferably includes three general structures, namely: first, tread-laying rolis supported upon the front portion ot the pedestal 53 for the purpose olz iaying the center of any fabrioply iuitialiy into contact with the surface of the core, or Vwith that of a previously-appiied layer oi Jfabric; secondly, the fabric-positioning; and pressing nier-hanisni mounted and traveiinfg with the carriage 58 and designed to effect the laying ol the 'Fabric-plies about the tire-core; and, thirdly7 a Ijroup oi fabric-layino, rolis adapted for the sole purpose of layinpf down portions of the final plies oi' fabric.

The tread-rolling mechanism vfor any' ply of fabric is utilized 1u order that a ply of r'fabric may be secured` in place upon the tire-core preliminary to the `actuan of the i'abric-positioning and pressing devices, which might distort a ply of fabric were its center not first secured in place. The tread-rolling mechanism includes a. pair of rolls 06 (Fig. which are preferably conbases to their snialier outer extremities. A

supporting siee've 9T i'or each roll. movably mounted upon a boit 90 and :formed with a stern 99 which extends axially through the roli and presents the latter with its concave surface, toward the tire-core. Rach et the sleeves 9i' is provided with an outwardiyprojecting; arm 100, which is secured a contractile coil spring 101 having its opposite extremity fastened to a piate 102 carried by a lateral projection on braciet member 103, upon which member the roliniounting boite 98 are supported. The rolls 90 are positioned sideby side with their outer extremiies crossing at a siig'h't angie, which is neu out when the rolls are forced against the convexity et' the core, and against the action of the contractile springs 101 which control the norrnai position of the mii-mounting sleeves These treed iayinc` oiis are positionahle oy means which incl .uc a bracket 103 upon which both rolls 96 are couiinoniy supported. This bracket secured to the einer extremity of a pis tou 10s (F 3) operable in a {hud-pres siue'cylinder 105, Compressed air, or like pressure-Huid, is conducted to theeylinder through piping` which has interposed at a suitable point upon. the iine a leak exhaust-vaive- 107. This piping terminates 'Within a, control-valve housing 108. The compressed air (delivered from any suitable source, such as at 109, Fig.' 2) is led to a filter 110 in which ali impurities liable to eliecta deterioration of the machine parts that are exposed to the air-low are removed. From the -filter 110 extends a line 111 which has ay branch 112 (Fig. 2) con necting with the valve-housing 108. A vertically depressible valve-stern 108n (Fig. 3) is mounted within thefnousing 108 and is normaliy kept seabed by resilient means (not shown) to prevent communication between the inlet air-branch 112 and the pipeline `106 whereby the pressure-Huid is to be conducted to the cylinder 105. The stein 108 projects .above the Vnlvehousing and into the path or" travel of an arm 113 atiacued to the rear portion of the carriagge 58.

W hen the carriage is in its position of rest, that is, in its starting posifion, the arni- 113 is out ot engagement with the valvestcin; but the latter .is so positioned that the iniiai advancing movement of the carriage resu ts in a portion of IEhe arm 113 engagiugthe 'depressihle stern of the controi valve 108 and of unseatingg the hitter' to admit air into the cylinder through. the conducting; line 10F. The valve is only momentarily uusea'ted, but this is Sutiicient to sdniit the proper amount of air to actuate the piston 104; that is to say, the pressure-luid enters the cylinder 10o and raises the pishivers'. '.ho

he understood rear edge of the iro/pentito operation ot 'the pins i355 xviii .from an inspection oi 97 in which it zwiil he seen that theee pins are vertieally Slidaole within a hoss i3? formed iniifardly of the holiow top provided for the carriage The pinsrare positionablo to limit pivotal movement of the lei/ere 11S durinv portion only of the forward travel of the levers M9, and are designe-f then to he; reniorerh i. Withdrawn .trom cted L through the top of 'the car ing 'the Contact of the presserf-oliere with the tahric-co'vereo core.

to a link MO attached to a* arm i l upon the rock-shait 14:2 {19in} 9).

Vter is journaletl in the sides of the itself, projects therefrom as shown and carries on its exposed extrenii hv i eration,` arm M3. A contractile Spring is supported'upon the exterior of? Lie )i estal 53 and is connected with a rook-hait operating' arm i713 in order to exert va tendenoy to rotate this shaft in the Counterolookwise direction o t this figure. i stopmember 145 (Fig. B) is mounted on the ped- @Stal in the path of the rock-shatt-arm 155,55 to engage the latter as it is Carried haekiiard and 'forward hy the carriage during the advancing' and receding; movements of the saine. y"he Stop-member 145 is so posi tioned that, when the carriage 5S is in conm tact with its Stop-plate 59, the rook-shaft 142 occupies such a position that the ooit pins 135 are projected through the varriajletop, the spring' 14.4 exerting' a yieldahle pres Sure between the rm-k-sha'tt-arm M3 and the Stop-member. As the advancing movement of the cariag'e initiated, the rock-shattarm is treed from tho stop 145: hut the,

spring 14% not ot suhcient power to rotato the rodi-shaft mi? in a 1,,ounter-tloek- Wise direction and, thurjgy to withdraw the 'pins from their projeeted position at tha time, because, these are their 'being held by tho springs 127 and levers lli?, These levers 11S) have a tric-tional engagement with the pins 1.35 due to the artion ot" the springga i2? upon the forward ends ol ie lerera. ThinV 'frio/tional ei1;'aenu=nt,exi. ,i. iever and its; pin, is sn .iiieu to prevent any' rotation ot the rorh-4 i1 :as the rarriage mows forward untii tur pri fir-roller# lift are hrougnt into Contact 'exit Covered core. The initiai emita 'rollers with the ('ori so voui'atora ne aetion of the springs 12T that the Vtric-tional engagement between each lever aud it limit the 'fahriw l ti.

pin eiiininated and this permits the ex Yu od spring lati to rotate the rook-shaft MQ and withd iw the pins,

After the separated presser-rollers have traversed the larggjest diametral portion of 'the Core, they' must again aiproaeh each other aS the pressing; operation continues toward the very edges of the, fabric upon the neck oit the core 2 Here, iifhere the dita inetrai 'dimenaion ot' the toro is sniaiier, the pressers 1M most neces ariiy he Spaoed apart a slirirter distanee than is 'rmitted when pine N5 in their it i.v e pins fue Wi i oi 'tW f: levers l1@ i, ilitheir` approach. t "Pi presser rear extremities ot' the levers so ing over the openings which the pins had previously eeupied. The pressure-fluo is then admitted into the eylindvr i429., as has aiready heer explained, to soparate the pressers troni Contact with the Core, in or der that the); may ho moved haekwirtllj. with the 'var'riage without turher engago the vom. fiuiiirient )fessure is f2.9 to force the ievers l the e; treinities ot both of?.

i S3-ei, learuw' 'H9 against the triangular stop M thorn grain clear of the space which the pins i3-5 occupy when pri'riei'ted,

Eis the, 'arriagi'e 58 returns to its starting position, the rook-shalit-arm i is again engaged by the Stationary Stop-inen'iher 145 and the roeieshaiit is rotated again to project rthe pins ahove the surface of the oarriag'e-top.' inmediately thereafter, the aiu suppl;v -for the cylinder 1129 is out off, and the pressure withinV the cylinder is exhausted through the leak-valve 13:3 to permit the springl 12T again to 'tor-:"0 the prosserzs lli toward eau-h other untii the rear extremity ot tluir levers4 again engage the projected stops 135, at which time the rnehanisni is ready tor the next operation.

The means for ruttinfz oil the Supply ott pressure- Yluid partirularly illustrated in and includes au elovtrie faire 'il-tl mounted on thi,- tal 53 and provided with a non-registering inlet if?? and outlet Nei. imnniuuieation luitwren the inlet and the outiet is estah lished through an i1iietciiaiiii3ei 15:5? and an outhlt-rhaniher '150 and 'which are nornialiy eut ott hy a valve-member which is held seated hetween the ehamhers throng the ietion oi" au expaureih'e roitaprin'g 1,52. The itter arts upon the top ot the, 1valve-niemer mi and i heid iu plrrrhy a removable other, the

Figs. ,2, 7 and QU., so[word-operated side of the pedes-- rap im u'hhh aereas to the inlet- .movable eormuiemher i535 of the soienoiti to the cylinder 129 is more' 156. The letter mounted immediutely be low the mit/'e 146 in sucli manner that euer* irisation or' the solenoid forces its ceremonithrough the medium of uri insulating platte The rock-shaft el, which carries tim supporbmeiiiber 8() for the carriage-admiro iiiggesr Gl, project-s through the `fil/ell of 'the pedestal und into proximity to thisfcontsctu plate 157 and carries :i contact msiesudL breek arm. 159. This arm is thus moi/eri the time that the gear--support-srm BGis removed from below the shaft 6l, that, is, :it the termination of the advancing movement of the presseicsrriege. The movement of the arm SO, iii tice counter-clockwise direction of Fig. 9, also serves, et the sume time, to force the contact-arm 159 against the plete 15%x tinus completing the electrical circuit through the soierioid 156 whichJ in turn, unseats the valve-member Within the casing M6 und. permits the pressure-timid to ow' through tie valve-casing zuid-into the cylinder 129.- ln this marmer, 'the pressers 1M ere uutomaticeliy sepa-rated the tire core at the time that the carriage reaches its limit ot sdvsricing movement. y

The pressure-fluid is maintained Within the cylinderlQQ until the carriage 58 has returned to starting position and is iu coritzict with its limit-plate 59. The levers ll?) Iiiust remain in engagement with the triangular stop 134 to permit the stop-pins T135 to resume their projected position alcove the top of the carriage.i This they flo oiiiy after the carriage lies been 'l'uliy retracted and after the piirprcjecting erm 143 has engaged the stopmemioer M5. During all of this time, the Contact remains mide between tiie :erm 159 und its eosctiiig :plate 157 since he roclcsiieft oi is prevented from return-- ius to its normal position, umier 'the action o the contractile spring le l), for fliie reason that the gesr 60 corrieriioy the swinging sliut til remains d ispiuceci from wishing engagement witiitlie corrifige-ruck imi' (36? 21ml will so remain uutii the operw tor umi'iuelly rengegges tlie gem with this rock.

itt will tlius iie apparent that the pressure uitlwoul ordiriziriiyiictloe p cylinder 129 by 'the time that the carriage uis again begun its advancing movement.

s is ct once initiatedy when tile swinging of; tli( carriage, unless some iter-aus ilisry to the muke-sut-breek contact just described. employed to open the eicccicsl circuit amd automuticaliy ciose *lle sii-vei-vc ll by (lenergizutiou of the controlling solenoid thereof; The auxiliary ineens ocre shown includes e lever 16() f.

.ting positioni there isy provided c pin ltie' which projects outwardly and isterally trom the presser-ciu# ringe u sufiicient distance te engage with the lever 160, as shown in Fig. 3. When the presser-carriage travels forward toward the tire-core, the iever le() is maintained. by its spring 166 in the position which complctes the electrical circuit through Contact# arms ,161i und Upon returu to starting position oil" the carriage zuid when it eri the stop-piste 5?, 'the pin 16E sind moves lever i60 ,ri the ciocirwise direction of until the pair of contact-sirius disengaged, thus breitling the circuit and deuergi g the soierioid re gurcliess ot the fact that the Contact l5" i-i59 has .not yet been broken. This mechanism also prevents undue sparking which wouid result `were the smaller surfaced contacts IiLlSS empoyed te break the circuit. B3 this means, the supplj),T of pressuroliuifl to the cylisiler 12S cut off tice Dresser izrfge c impleteel one cycic of ii et? perm' igsiiy .su iis ti cyimcier to be te c wire 132 and permit fire ieifers All; io move back to their originel. positions, ss mined their respective stcspiiis 135; lutter being* 310W iii their project-eel above the t. p of t1-lie carriage. tion o tiie "E @cous to pr usm for Liciuetl upon ililule it is possible the-t this function mifglit also ne performed y the presscrs ll ero boil i meut 

